Gender: Social security
The pension insurance programme takes care of citizens in the case of old age, disability or loss of breadwinner. Provided within this programme as of 1 January 1996 (Social Security Act No. 155/1995 Coll.) are old-age, disability (full and partial), widows', widowers', and orphans' pensions. According to the Act, wives’ pensions, pensions for long-term service, social pensions, pensions granted before 1 January 1957 are provided as either disability or old-age pensions.
The Czech statistical service uses outputs from the information systems run by the Czech Social Security Administration (information on sickness insurance benefits, pensions actually paid, pension insurance benefits, average monthly level of newly granted pensions, average pensions - all except data for the Ministry of Defence of the CR, the Ministry of the Interior of the CR and the Ministry of Justice of the CR).
Women dominate among widower´s and old-age pensioners. Among persons with full- and partial disability dominate men.
